{"product_id":"i-am-ariel-sharon-9781487007973","title":"I Am Ariel Sharon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bold and innovative novel, \u003ci\u003eI Am Ariel Sharon\u003c\/i\u003e dives into the tortured mind of the controversial Israeli prime minister as he lies comatose and faces an ultimate reckoning.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning Palestinian Canadian novelist Yara El-Ghadban imagines the confrontation at death's door between Ariel Sharon, the \"King of Israel,\" and the women closest to him -- his mother, his wives, and the mysterious nurse Rita. Like latter-day Greek furies, they lament the brutality of his life and maltreatment of the Palestinian people and demand he face up to his part in the bloodshed of Israel's wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is an extraordinary, magical, and impassioned story of nearly impossible empathy, the singular work of a novelist in full flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEl-Ghadban, Yara:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePalestinian Quebecker YARA EL-GHADBAN is an anthropologist by training but has been writing since she was thirteen. She is the author of three novels, of which \u003cem\u003eI Am Ariel Sharon\u003c\/em\u003e is the first to be translated into English. She won the Canada Council of the Arts' Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award in 2017, and in 2019 she was awarded the Blue Metropolis Literary Diversity Prize. She lives and writes in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrady, Wayne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWAYNE GRADY is an award-winning author, translator, and editor. He has won the John Glassco Translation Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation and was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award two additional times. His debut novel, \u003cem\u003eEmancipation Day\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Amazon.ca First Novel Award. He lives near Kingston, Ontario, with his wife, novelist Merilyn Simonds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arachnide Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50520227807506,"sku":"9781487007973","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c814d8e3-f749-4a46-b0e7-6d6de910e733.jpg?v=1731079272","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-am-ariel-sharon-9781487007973","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}